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Is this jumper/tunic too mumsy?

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dellacucina · 31/12/2018 16:59

DH says it is, and not 'London' enough. I thought it would be nice for casual wear. Late 30s, am a mum!

Is this jumper/tunic too mumsy?
Is this jumper/tunic too mumsy?
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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 14:33

Thanks! I am keeping it, along with a whole load of other thingsShock

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katekat383 · 04/01/2019 16:19

Your abode doesn’t look “very London”. Has your OH considered that?

katekat383 · 04/01/2019 16:23

Last pic, to clarify.

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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 16:35

This is not my house! It's my mom's house.

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floribunda18 · 04/01/2019 16:47

I think it looks great on you. You have the nice slim figure that clothing like that is made for. It's supposed to be worn loose/slouchy and the back is really beautiful. It would be fine for day wear or wearing to the pub in the evening.

Just because you are slim doesn't mean you have to wear form-fitting clothes. In fact, I 'd say you have to be slim to wear slouchy, straight cut clothes.

katekat383 · 04/01/2019 16:56

Mom? Are you American?

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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 16:57

Um, maybe. Blush

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BitOutOfPractice · 04/01/2019 17:08

@katekat383 you know 2 million people in the West Midlands say mom too?

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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 17:10

I might be American, I might be from the Midlands...

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katekat383 · 04/01/2019 17:37

Della sounds from the US of A...

katekat383 · 04/01/2019 17:39

English people use Mom? What on earth is the matter with them?

SoyDora · 04/01/2019 17:42

What is the ‘matter’ with them is that they grew up in an area where the mother is commonly called ‘mom’ Hmm

katekat383 · 04/01/2019 17:44

But WHY? Everyone else uses Mummy or Mum. Weird.

SoyDora · 04/01/2019 17:45

Or Mam, in certain parts of Ireland or the North of England. Haven’t you heard of regional variations before?

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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 17:45

I'm American. DH's snide comments were about my region of the country.

So basically I am from the sticks, DH is from London, and I probably always feel a bit on the back foot with my style (though I try).

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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 17:46

I actually do know people from England that say 'Mom' though.

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Kikipost · 04/01/2019 17:46

@katekat383

You’re as bad as the DH!

There’s no London look.

And I say that as someone who was a Londoner for 10 years and continues to work there

BlancheM · 04/01/2019 17:47

Kat chatting shit as usual...

Kikipost · 04/01/2019 17:49

I actually do know people from England that say 'Mom' though

They won’t have grown up here. Mom is simply not used by any British children

SoyDora · 04/01/2019 17:50

They won’t have grown up here. Mom is simply not used by any British children

Yes it is. Ones who are being brought up in the West Midlands.

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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 17:51

My American friend in London is married to someone from the North and she uses this as justification for being called Mom! Is it just spelled differently?

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katekat383 · 04/01/2019 17:53

BlancheM

Kat chatting shit as usual...

Niiice.Hmm

MercianQueen · 04/01/2019 17:54

@Kikipost unless they live in the rather densely populated West Midlands conurbation. My husband and his family are Tipton born and bred, and definitely all say Mom.

MIL will be delighted to learn this meant she grew up in the States rather than the Lost City Hmm

BlancheM · 04/01/2019 17:55

That's right, della. People act like they think only Americans use it to be deliberately goady for some reason!

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dellacucina · 04/01/2019 17:57

I also possibly sense some animosity toward Americans! But I may be oversensitive.

The area I am from has far more in common with the Midlands than London!

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